Description
Examination of skeletal human remains to assess age at death, sex, stature, and ancestry; identify injuries; and estimate the time since death provide investigators with information that can assist in identifying a decedent. In addition, examination of the development, anatomy, and any restorative dental corrections of the teeth, such as fillings or extractions can help comparative identification of a person. NIJ funds research to improve the technologies, techniques, and application of forensic anthropology and forensic odontology.
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Awards
Publications and Grant Reports
- Femur loading during gait in newly walking children
- Using posterior probability informed thresholds to develop best practice recommendations for MorphoPASSE using the innominate, cranial, and combined traits
- Preservation of proteomic and genomic genotypes in skeletal material from forensically treated cadavers